Providing a simulation of wearing items such as garments and/or accessories

• US 9,183,581 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2012
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zugara, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Zugara, Inc.
• Inventors: SZYMCZYK, Matthew, Von Hungen, Aaron, Callens, Blake, Forsman, Hans, Benoff, Jack
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivas, Omar Fernandez
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cothran, Bernard E
• Application Number:
  US13/592,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20120313969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• Field of Search: 703/6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

A user may simulate wearing real-wearable items, such as virtual garments and accessories. A virtual-outfitting interface may be provided for presentation to the user. An item-search/selection portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The item-search/selection portion may depict one or more virtual-wearable items corresponding to one or more real-wearable items. The user may be allowed to select at least one virtual-wearable item from the item-search/selection portion. A main display portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The main display portion may include a composite video feed that incorporates a video feed of the user and the selected at least one virtual-wearable item such that the user appears to be wearing the selected at least one virtual-wearable item in the main display portion.

Claims

1. A system configured for allowing a user to simulate wearing real-wearable items, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

recognize a position and/or orientation of one or more body parts of a user including a first body part; and

provide a virtual-outfitting interface for presentation to a user, the virtual-outfitting interface including two or more separate portions simultaneously presented in the virtual-outfitting interface, the two or more separate portions including a main display portion and an icon that is overlain upon the main display portion;

wherein the main display portion includes a composite video feed that incorporates a live video feed of the user and a first virtual-wearable item, a position, size, and/or orientation of the first virtual-wearable item being determined such that the first virtual-wearable item moves within the main display portion according to the position and/or orientation of the user so that the user appears to be wearing the first virtual-wearable item in real time in the main display portion; and

wherein the virtual-outfitting interface is configured to allow the user to interact with the virtual-outfitting interface using one or more gestural commands including a first gestural command, the first gestural command being received responsive to the user moving the first body part such that within the virtual-outfitting interface a live video depiction of the first body part lies at the same position as the icon.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first virtual-wearable item includes one or both of a virtual garment or a virtual accessory.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first virtual-wearable item visually represents a corresponding real-wearable item.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first body part is a hand of the user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first body part is a finger of the user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user appears to be wearing a second virtual-wearable item in the composite video feed of the main display portion responsive to the second virtual-wearable item being selected via the first gestural command.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more separate portions of the virtual-outfitting interface include an item search/selection portion conveying information associated with one or more virtual-wearable items corresponding to one or more real-wearable items.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more separate portions of the virtual-outfitting interface include a conferencing portion configured to display one or more other users.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the conferencing portion is configured to facilitate interactions between the user and individual ones of the one or more other users via one or both of voice or text.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to allow the user to indicate one or more virtual-wearable items via the first gestural command to effectuate a purchase of one or more real-wearable items corresponding to the indicated one or more virtual-wearable items.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to provide a screen-capture tool in the virtual-outfitting interface, the screen-capture tool allowing the user to obtain a snapshot of at least one region of the virtual-outfitting interface via the first gestural command.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to provide a social-networking tool in the virtual-outfitting interface, the social-networking tool allowing the user to interface with one or more social-networking services with which the user is associated.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein interfacing with a given social-networking service includes sharing a snapshot with one or more contacts of the user within the given social-networking service.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein interfacing with a given social-networking service includes providing a comment on a profile page of the user within the given social-networking service, the comment including one or both of a link or information associated with a real-wearable item corresponding to the first virtual-wearable item.

15. A computer-implemented method for allowing a user to simulate wearing real-wearable items, the method being performed by one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

recognizing a position and/or orientation of one or more body parts of a user including a first body part; and

providing a virtual-outfitting interface for presentation to a user, the virtual-outfitting interface including two or more separate portions simultaneously presented in the virtual-outfitting interface, the two or more separate portions including a main display portion and an icon that is overlain upon the main display portion;

wherein the main display portion includes a composite video feed that incorporates a live video feed of the user and a first virtual-wearable item, a position, size, and/or orientation of the first virtual-wearable item being determined such that the first virtual-wearable item moves within the main display portion according to the position and/or orientation of the user so that the user appears to be wearing the first virtual-wearable item in real time in the main display portion; and

wherein the virtual-outfitting interface is configured to allow the user to interact with the virtual-outfitting interface using one or more gestural commands including a first gestural command, the first gestural command being received responsive to the user moving the first body part such that within the virtual-outfitting interface a live video depiction of the first body part lies at the same position as the icon.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first body part is a hand of the user or a finger of the user.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the two or more separate portions of the virtual-outfitting interface include a conferencing portion configured to display one or more other users.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving an indication via the first gestural command of one or more virtual-wearable items to effectuate a purchase of one or more real-wearable items corresponding to the indicated one or more virtual-wearable items.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a screen-capture tool in the virtual-outfitting interface, the screen-capture tool allowing the user to obtain a snapshot of at least one region of the virtual-outfitting interface via the first gestural command.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a social-networking tool in the virtual-outfitting interface, the social-networking tool allowing the user to interface with one or more social-networking services with which the user is associated.